Class of '57

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Report on Ed Sivess' condition -- From Lisa Johnson (Ed's Daughter) and Carolyn Sivess (Ed's wife)

For more information on Ed, go to http://edsivess.com

From: Carolyn Sivess <groovygrammy@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009

Ed continues to hang on. Lisa, Stacia, Chuck & I have prayed at his bedside today that God would take Ed to be with Him today while we are all here. BUT I still must ask you to pray God's will, nothing more, nothing less, nothing else! Thank you again for your love & prayers. Love, The Ed Sivess clan. "(We) thank (our) God upon every remembrance of you." Philippians 1:3

From: Lisa S Johnson  Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:59 AM

Subject: Update on Ed Sivess

Thank you all for the prayers and encouragement. Dad's illness continues to take us places we can't quite describe and often don't understand but we continue to see God at every turn. It has been hard on all of us but your prayers and kind words keep us all going. Many of you have commented and prayed on edsivess.com. Thank you so much. We have reconnected with so many people that have played an important role in Dad's life and it blesses us to know the impact he had on you. Please feel free to forward this or point to the link. I have added a few emails of those who have responded. Below is an email from mom on dad's condition today. Thanks again for all the love and support!  Lisa

From: Carolyn Sivess <groovygrammy@gmail.com> Date: March 6, 2008 7:38:05 AM CST

Subject: update on Ed Sivess

Dear friends and family, Ed has been much more still this week and only occasionally opens his eyes. The doctor said this is probably the way it is going to be. For how long? ONLY GOD KNOWS and I am so thankful that the decision is in His hands. PTL!!! God is giving me an incredible peace and I am thankful that Ed is peaceful and pain free and I can go and love on him and hold his hand and tell him I love him and when I kiss him on the lips he sorta puckers up and kisses me back. God is soooooooooo good! I am so very grateful that he is 5 min. from our house and the people at Stallings Court and LifeCare hospice are wonderful and caring and give me great hugs often. Thank you for your prayers and concern and please continue to pray GOD’S WILL - nothing MORE, nothing LESS, nothing ELSE!!!   LOVE, CAROLYN


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Personal Links
Name Contact Info Bio
Aceves, Johnny L.

john.aceves@fmr.com

 4747 Twin Post Rd.

Dallas, TX  75244

972-387-1582

01/06/2007 - Spouse Beatrice (Bea)  College info:  Southwestern Life  Family info:  Two children, no grandchildren  Job info:  Worked for Southwestern Life Insurance Company for 29 years where I received my business education. I am currently working for Fidelity Investments, have been employed there for 15 years with no plans to retire any time soon. Influence:  Imogen Berry, Spanish teacher, had a great influence on me. Friends:  Chauncey Miller and my cousin Manuel Lara

Alexander, William A  (Bill)

Xanderdyne@aol.com
1208 E Houston St #18
Tyler,Texas 75702
903 526-7281

After NDHS, Bill joined the Navy.  He worked as an electronics tech. His claim to fame was that he worked on the Saturn II in California as a testing inspector '68-'69.  His pursuits after retirement are part time work in home entertainment electronics. Bill's hobbies are music, fishing, gardening, video.  Bill says that at NDHS it was the best time to be in school. Everyone looks back to the fifty's as a time of uncomplicated existence. The music, the lack of drugs and violence, a time when a young man had something to look forward to. 

 Atchley, Jack

jsalatc@earthlink.net 10/06/06

Clarke, Doug

 classacts@startext.net 

Doug became a journalist and has worked at the Fort Worth Star - Telegram for over 35 years.  His son is 6'4", became a black belt in karate at 16, and played football at SMU.  

Crain, Bill wcrain@msn.com 11/7/2005
Davis, Paul mrolivers@sbcblobal.net  
Joseph Raylandon "Lanny" Dowell   From the Dallas Morning News Obit -Dowell, Joseph Raylandon "Lanny" "Lanny" (71) died Friday October 17th in Spring Texas. "Lanny " graduated from North Dallas HS and SMU Univ. He is preceded in death by his wife Kathryn-his "precious love". The loving father and grandfather is survived by his two children Cheri and Chris and 3 grand-children Meagan, Chelsea, and Eric. Funeral Arrangements will be held at Schaetter Funeral Home, Fredericksburg, Tx. 1-800-880-2152
 (Martha) Anne Geralds

7200 Stemmons Freeway #501

 Dallas 75247

214-458-4070

 inspectorbloodhound@yahoo.com

1/3/2011 -

Schools/Degrees After High School TWU BS 1960 Additional medical trainning with certifications

 Info About Jobs During Working Career Field Director for Camp Fire Girls Teacher Irving Public Schools Teacher Dallas Christian Schools Macesson Robbins Mercantil National Bank Treemont Health Care Center Independent Home Health Care

Hobbies

  • Reading

  • Working with hands:Knitting. Needlepoint, Making or altering things

  • Writting children and adult books

  • The computer

 NDHS Teachers, Activities, etc. That Affected Your Life Miss Armstrong: Got me interested in books and reading and went to her collage TWU Miss Crawford:  Got me interested in history.  She was the aunt of Govenor Price Daniels who was the Govenor that signed the bill making Texas State Collage for Women Texas Woman's University

 Is There Anything You Would Do Different If You Were Going To Repeat High School? I would do just about everything over.  I wish I could redo my high school years knowing the things I know now.  Education is vital as well as facinating.

 Special Friends At NDHS Had a friend that had a younger sister also at ND.

One day the sister told me she was running away during school and marry her boyfriend.  I thought about this for some time then went to the office and called her mother who later let them marry.  I don't think it worked out.

 Other Comments I wish I could remember more about ND but it is just a blank. Could not remember who was principle while I was there and found out it was W. O. Pipes and Dan Thompson.  Decided to write a biography of Dan Thompson and gathered a great deal of information.  He was well liked and highly thought of in education and later his educational related work.  Had problems getting any of the family to talk to me until a niece told me the truth about him and now the bio is not going to be writen.

Anita (Hanna) Hughes nita9939@aol.com
1613 Meadow Crest Lane
Mansfield, Texas 76063
817 477-9696
2/15/05  Spouse name: Howell

(Hughes) Hanna, Anita 

nita9939@aol.com

2840 Prescott Drive

Carrollton, TX. 75006

972)418-9096

Anita and Howell are the parents of 3 sons which have in turn have presented them with 8 grandchildren. Anita attended Texas Christian University after ND.  She was employed by Hughes Printing Co., Inc..  Fishing ranks very high in her choice of how to spend spare time. She fondly recalls her years at ND.

(Huddleston) Miller, Sandra

babyleg@ev1.net

104 Redbud St. 

Lake Jackson, TX, 77566

(979)-480-0450

Sandra and her husband, Jack Miller (Class of  '55) live in Lake Jackson, Texas.  They have two children (Eric & Stacey) and three grandchildren (Kailey, Robert, Lauren).

(Langston) Watkins, Linda Lee "Dee"
dleew@cox.net
157 Villere Dr.
Destrehan, La. 70047
985-764-2275
 
02/24/02 - Spouse name: Roger K. "Roddy'" Watkins ND55.  College info: Received a B.A. in Fashion Design from SMU in '61. Family info: Son, John Mark, daughter Julie D'Laine who is the mother of our granddaughters, Kayla age 12 & Baylee almost 6. Job info: Assistant buyer @ Titche's till marriage May 30, '64 when Roddy took me to the bottom of Texas, Brownsville. I became & still am a consumer advisor for Cuisinart. Hobbies: I sing with the Jefferson symphony Chorus, & we are preparing to sing in Paris in June. We sang in Italy in '97 & Austria in '99. Really rough! We laugh that Roddy is our head roadie. We have also gone to Ecuador for Dental Mission trips sponsored by our church, First Christian Of Greater New Orleans where Roddy is Board Chair & I sing in the choir & guide a Bible Study. Roddy also teaches an adult Sunday School class. He retired from Union Carbide Corp. after 37 yrs, last year. I am also Bible Study coordinator for Metairie-Kenner Christian Women's Club Influence: Miss Harrison who taught me to sing my part no matter what was being sung next to me, Billy Mack Abbott for trying to get a group of shy girls out of their shells. Miss Dice whose teaching got me through college algebra when I had a lousy teacher. ND was a great time, & we were blessed with MANY great teachers
Moore, Nick nickmoore@dctexas.net

(Perry) Biberdorf, Roberta 

rbiberdorf@mindspring.com

1205 Aransas Drive
Euless, TX. 75039
817-267-1919

09/22/01 - My husband, David V. Biberdorf, have been married 42 years as of January 16, 2001. We have four children, one daughter and three sons. All except one son are married and have children. We have twelve grandchildren. Five grandsons, seven granddaughters. The oldest just turned 21 on July 13, and the youngest turned 4 March 20th. Since the middle son is not married as of yet, there is a significant other, there may be more grandchildren in our future. If I had known how much fun they were I would have had them first. Ha! I made my children my career. I was fortunate enough to be a stay at home mom. It wasn't always easy, and there have been many bumps in the road of life but I am glad I was able to be at home with my children since being a mom was all I ever wanted to do, when I was growing up. I took a few college courses along the way and really enjoyed them but I think I have a total of 21 hours completed over the course of several years. At present I have an insurance license but I haven't worked at insurance for several months. I may do more with insurance at some time in the future. I am semi-retired now and doing very little these days. Just taking it easy and traveling as the opportunity presents itself. My husband retired from General Motors in 1995 after 30 years at the Arlington plant. He also worked security for Texas Stadium for 18 years. One of the reasons I could be a stay at home mom was because he was always working. For 18 years he worked the Cowboy home game every Thanksgiving. A lot of the time I felt like a widow. Just another football widow, I guess. My best friend at NDHS was Gail Wilson. Gail married Jimmy Taylor right out of high school and they had two boys. Gail was a type 1 diabetic from about 6 years of age and I guess she really lived a long life for someone who was that bad, but she died on December 21, 1978, just 3 days short of her 40th birthday. Although we didn't live close to each other we remained in contact over the years and her death was a great loss to me. She almost lived to see her boys grown up. They were teenagers when she died. When my oldest son was in junior high school I discovered that the secretary at his school was a girl I had been friends with in elementary school. Also a North Dallas graduate. She was Coleen Lanier when she was at North Dallas and she married the service man she was writing to during her senior year, Jack Hill. They live in Euless too, and when her mom and dad retired they bought the house across the street from me. Her dad died a few years ago but her mother still lives there. I hated school. I was brought up in a deeply religious home and my parents were the age of other children's grandparents. Because of that strict upbringing and my older parents I seemed to be viewed as weird by my peers. This attitude often made me the object of ridicule which in turn made me hate going to school. I think I have gotten past that and would now be able to enjoy the friendship of some of the people I went to school with. I have found one old friend, Lois Brooks on Classmates.com but I don't want to pay for the whatever membership just to be able to contact her. I would enjoy hearing from you, if you would like to exchange email with me.

Ramsey, Fred 

FredFMRCPA@aol.com

 

 

Sivess, Ed
 
http://edsivess.com

 edeivess
03/06/2008 - Spouse name: Carolyn.  College info: BA in Business Administration from Rice University 1962. Family info: three children Lisa, Stacia and Chuck and 6 grandkids. Job info: Started with international CPA firm Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co in Dallas out of college.  Became a partner in 1972. Pursuits after retirement: Retired at age 50 in 1990 sold our house in Farmers Branch in 1998 and became full time RV'er our home is now where we park it.  We spend summers in Nashville with our daughter and family - 2 granddaughters; 2 to 3 months in Nacogdoches with another daughter and her family - 2 granddaughters; and 2 to 3 months with our son and his family in Waco - a granddaughter and a grandson; then we spend the winter in South Texas. Hobbies: Like to Travel; spend time with our grandkids and hunt of fish time permitting

(Stern) Losey, Pat

sobib@worldnet.att.net

4551 Westway Ave.

Highland Park, Texas 75205

214/526-5552

After NDHS, Pat attended SMU, University. of Colorado, and received an MAI Designation (Member Appraisal Institute) in real estate. She worked for Braniff Airways and American Airlines from 1958 to 1965. Afterwards, she entered the world of real estate and after an apprenticeship with two commercial and industrial brokerage firms, formed Pat Losey Realtors in 1969. She can thankfully report that she was extremely lucky in this field, and retired in 1992. She is now trying to hide from real estate maintenance after she fell for her own hype and bought too many of her own listings. When she can escape, she loves to travel in her shinny new house on wheels (RV) (Of course taking all of her necessary gear along!). She loves snow skiing, scuba diving and RVing! Her most significant influence at NDHS came from "Minnie" Roberts, Cam Murray Owen and Tennis! If she had it to do over, she would be born rich and go to Highland Pa(rk High.

John Daniel Watkins    jwat@swbell.net 2/21/05